'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker and its Catalog of Historic Achievements

Update: 2025-03-06

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Chris and Nate discuss Alice Walker's historic novel, 'The Color Purple' and its two film adaptations: 1985's directed by Steven Speilberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, and 2023's musical adaptation starring Fantasia, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks and Colman Domingo.

The story follows Celie, a Black woman in the American South facing a lifetime of obstacles and hardship as she learns to love herself.

Hosts: Chris Anderson, Nate Day

Producer: Nate Day

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